'Handouts don't help': How a Colorado county reduced homelessness by 86% in 2 years
denvergazette.com
Amid a homeless crisis plaguing Colorado’s most populated city, a county just south of Denver claims to have found an effective solution to curbing homelessness in its communities.

I hate this news story. If I wasn’t living in this community (Douglas county) I would think it’s a good story. However, Douglas county has massive NIMBY policies, including outlawing everything that would allow someone experiencing homelessness anywhere near here. No homeless shelters are legal, no sleeping outside is legal, hell even weed stores are illegal in this massive county, despite it being legal in the majority of the state. Douglas county also created its own health department in protest of mask and vaccine mandates. It’s a very affluent deeply conservative pocket in Colorado that makes me sick.

  • jonne@infosec.pubEnglish
    2·
    2 months ago

    Since HEART has launched, the county has engaged with roughly 215 people on the street, according to the commissioner.

    So in 2 years they spent $3 million dollars to “help” 215 people. And the article is very vague and full of euphemisms that make me suspect they’re just pushing them out to Denver.

    • exanime@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      2 months ago

      engaged with roughly 215 people on the street

      Key word being “engaged”, later they slipped in there that 80% end up not getting “helped”

      • jonne@infosec.pubEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        Yep, handing out a flyer, or even just talking is an engagement. This means nothing.